Service Level Agreement (SLA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SLA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SLA over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 144 149 201
Rank change year-on-year +5 +52 -1
Permanent jobs citing SLA 2,009 2,490 3,193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.04% 2.40% 2.04%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.85% 12.59% 12.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,499 1,587 2,157
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £25,149 £29,625 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +5.26% -5.85%
75th Percentile £49,941 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £66,255 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +7.14% -10.26%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

SLA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,527 19,771 26,120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.73% 19.05% 16.73%
Number of salaries quoted 9,247 9,144 13,200
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,602
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.04% +0.21%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SLA in the UK

SLA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SLA.

Salary trend for SLA in the UK

SLA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SLA over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SLA in the UK

SLA
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +6 1,787 £32,500 -18.75% 438
UK excluding London -10 1,556 £30,000 -20.00% 352
South East +1 468 £29,850 -20.40% 93
London +22 412 £43,000 -5.22% 109
Work from Home -60 404 £48,500 +7.78% 127
North of England -14 344 £32,500 -13.33% 95
Midlands -18 258 £28,119 -18.50% 61
West Midlands -6 180 £28,119 -25.02% 40
South West -1 165 £37,500 +7.14% 35
North West -13 163 £29,500 -34.44% 56
Yorkshire +19 139 £35,000 +8.70% 30
East of England -33 137 £29,000 -41.41% 36
Scotland -19 111 £26,000 -32.47% 22
East Midlands -32 78 £28,500 -10.94% 21
Wales +35 73 £27,000 -15.63% 13
North East -5 42 £35,000 -2.78% 10
Northern Ireland +25 6 £28,000 -37.78% 6

SLA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 207 (10.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 91 (4.53%) SharePoint
3 74 (3.68%) WebLogic
4 45 (2.24%) Oracle Service Bus
5 37 (1.84%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.55%) IIS
7 10 (0.50%) CMS
8 7 (0.35%) Confluence
9 5 (0.25%) JBoss
10 3 (0.15%) IBM Notes
10 3 (0.15%) Moodle
10 3 (0.15%) WordPress
11 2 (0.100%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.100%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.100%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.050%) Apache
12 1 (0.050%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.050%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.050%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.050%) WebSphere
Applications
1 366 (18.22%) Microsoft Office
2 124 (6.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (2.54%) MS Visio
4 28 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.100%) Trello
9 1 (0.050%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 49 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 45 (2.24%) Salesforce CRM
3 18 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 17 (0.85%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 13 (0.65%) Infor SunSystems
5 13 (0.65%) iTrent
6 6 (0.30%) Adaptiv
6 6 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (0.25%) Fidessa
7 5 (0.25%) Temenos T24
8 4 (0.20%) Endur
8 4 (0.20%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.15%) assyst
9 3 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
10 2 (0.100%) Elite 3E
11 1 (0.050%) Carpe Diem
11 1 (0.050%) Dynamics NAV
11 1 (0.050%) HFM
11 1 (0.050%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 521 (25.93%) Microsoft 365
2 295 (14.68%) Azure
3 161 (8.01%) SaaS
4 136 (6.77%) AWS
5 60 (2.99%) Entra ID
6 36 (1.79%) Power Platform
7 31 (1.54%) OneDrive
8 30 (1.49%) Mimecast
9 26 (1.29%) Power Automate
10 25 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
12 20 (1.00%) Snowflake
13 19 (0.95%) GCP
14 15 (0.75%) IaaS
15 14 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
16 13 (0.65%) Google Workspace
17 11 (0.55%) PowerApps
18 10 (0.50%) PaaS
19 8 (0.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 4 (0.20%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 176 (8.76%) Firewall
2 128 (6.37%) DNS
3 125 (6.22%) VPN
4 115 (5.72%) DHCP
5 108 (5.38%) LAN
6 100 (4.98%) WAN
7 96 (4.78%) TCP/IP
8 88 (4.38%) Wi-Fi
9 63 (3.14%) SAN
10 59 (2.94%) Wireless
11 58 (2.89%) Internet
12 42 (2.09%) VoIP
13 26 (1.29%) MPLS
13 26 (1.29%) VLAN
14 23 (1.14%) SD-WAN
14 23 (1.14%) WLAN
15 20 (1.00%) OSPF
16 19 (0.95%) Broadband
16 19 (0.95%) DSL
17 18 (0.90%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (3.63%) SQL Server
2 51 (2.54%) Oracle Database
3 45 (2.24%) Oracle Database 10g
3 45 (2.24%) Oracle Database 11g
3 45 (2.24%) VLDB
4 41 (2.04%) Tableau
5 34 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
5 34 (1.69%) Big Data
6 30 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
7 24 (1.19%) DB2
8 20 (1.00%) Data Lake
8 20 (1.00%) MongoDB
9 19 (0.95%) MySQL
10 16 (0.80%) Apache Hive
10 16 (0.80%) Hadoop
10 16 (0.80%) Impala
10 16 (0.80%) Power BI
11 13 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
12 10 (0.50%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.30%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 59 (2.94%) JIRA
2 5 (0.25%) Git
2 5 (0.25%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
2 5 (0.25%) TeamCity
3 4 (0.20%) Postman
3 4 (0.20%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.15%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.15%) Subversion
5 1 (0.050%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.050%) git-flow
5 1 (0.050%) GitLab
5 1 (0.050%) MSI
5 1 (0.050%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.050%) Sourcetree
5 1 (0.050%) Visual Studio
General
1 949 (47.24%) Social Skills
2 464 (23.10%) Finance
3 330 (16.43%) Analytical Skills
4 241 (12.00%) Law
5 225 (11.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 127 (6.32%) Organisational Skills
7 103 (5.13%) Retail
8 101 (5.03%) Banking
9 95 (4.73%) Billing
10 88 (4.38%) Telecoms
11 75 (3.73%) Legal
12 64 (3.19%) Marketing
13 58 (2.89%) Public Sector
14 40 (1.99%) Manufacturing
15 39 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
16 31 (1.54%) Financial Institution
17 30 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
18 28 (1.39%) Back Office
19 27 (1.34%) Police
20 26 (1.29%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 380 (18.91%) Analyst
2 246 (12.24%) Senior
3 223 (11.10%) Service Manager
4 216 (10.75%) Support Engineer
5 199 (9.91%) Support Analyst
6 193 (9.61%) IT Support
7 151 (7.52%) Service Delivery Manager
8 149 (7.42%) Delivery Manager
9 135 (6.72%) Service Analyst
10 131 (6.52%) Lead
11 130 (6.47%) Service Desk Analyst
12 129 (6.42%) Applications Support
13 111 (5.53%) IT Engineer
14 103 (5.13%) Senior Manager
15 100 (4.98%) Senior Service Manager
16 95 (4.73%) Applications Support Analyst
16 95 (4.73%) Senior Delivery Manager
16 95 (4.73%) Senior Service Delivery Manager
17 89 (4.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 85 (4.23%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (2.79%) Spring
2 31 (1.54%) AngularJS
3 30 (1.49%) React
4 29 (1.44%) J2EE
4 29 (1.44%) Java EE
5 28 (1.39%) RESTful
6 27 (1.34%) HTML
7 26 (1.29%) Spring Boot
8 23 (1.14%) CSS
9 21 (1.05%) .NET
10 18 (0.90%) Kafka
11 11 (0.55%) FIX Protocol
12 7 (0.35%) ADSI
12 7 (0.35%) EDI
12 7 (0.35%) LDAP
13 6 (0.30%) .NET Framework
13 6 (0.30%) OLE
13 6 (0.30%) REST
13 6 (0.30%) Web Services
13 6 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 210 (10.45%) Self-Motivation
2 134 (6.67%) Driving Licence
3 113 (5.62%) Management Information System
4 100 (4.98%) Video Conferencing
5 90 (4.48%) Digital Signage
6 89 (4.43%) Video\Live Streaming
7 69 (3.43%) Public Cloud
8 64 (3.19%) Data Centre
9 62 (3.09%) Cloud Native
10 45 (2.24%) Onboarding
11 37 (1.84%) Product Ownership
12 31 (1.54%) EPoS
13 27 (1.34%) Clustering
14 25 (1.24%) Replication
15 22 (1.10%) Life Science
16 21 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
17 19 (0.95%) BYOD
18 18 (0.90%) IoT
19 10 (0.50%) iPad
19 10 (0.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 632 (31.46%) Windows
2 262 (13.04%) Windows Server
3 180 (8.96%) Windows 10
4 142 (7.07%) Linux
5 108 (5.38%) Unix
6 55 (2.74%) Windows Server 2019
7 52 (2.59%) Apple iOS
7 52 (2.59%) Windows Server 2016
8 51 (2.54%) Windows Server 2012
9 46 (2.29%) Solaris
10 41 (2.04%) Android
11 21 (1.05%) AIX
11 21 (1.05%) Mac OS
12 19 (0.95%) Windows 7
13 11 (0.55%) Windows 8
14 10 (0.50%) Windows Server 2008
15 8 (0.40%) CentOS
15 8 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 8 (0.40%) Ubuntu
16 4 (0.20%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 683 (34.00%) Customer Service
2 545 (27.13%) ITIL
3 499 (24.84%) Problem-Solving
4 340 (16.92%) Service Delivery
5 262 (13.04%) Service Management
6 243 (12.10%) Incident Management
7 182 (9.06%) ITSM
8 179 (8.91%) Mentoring
9 165 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 156 (7.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 147 (7.32%) Asset Management
12 135 (6.72%) Agile
13 133 (6.62%) Contract Negotiation
14 131 (6.52%) Decision-Making
15 129 (6.42%) Time Management
16 119 (5.92%) Change Management
17 118 (5.87%) Performance Management
18 117 (5.82%) Presales
19 112 (5.57%) Logistics
20 111 (5.53%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 207 (10.30%) SQL
2 93 (4.63%) Java
3 71 (3.53%) Python
4 70 (3.48%) PowerShell
5 65 (3.24%) PL/SQL
6 38 (1.89%) JavaScript
7 34 (1.69%) Scala
8 29 (1.44%) Shell Script
9 22 (1.10%) C#
10 21 (1.05%) Bash
11 20 (1.00%) T-SQL
12 9 (0.45%) ActionScript
12 9 (0.45%) VB
13 6 (0.30%) Perl
14 5 (0.25%) Ruby
15 4 (0.20%) Bicep
16 2 (0.100%) PHP
17 1 (0.050%) C
17 1 (0.050%) VB.NET
17 1 (0.050%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 243 (12.10%) Security Cleared
2 239 (11.90%) Degree
3 142 (7.07%) SC Cleared
4 84 (4.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 57 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
6 56 (2.79%) ITIL Certification
7 52 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 49 (2.44%) CCNA
9 34 (1.69%) CCNP
10 33 (1.64%) Azure Certification
11 32 (1.59%) DV Cleared
11 32 (1.59%) MCP
12 31 (1.54%) A+ Certification
13 25 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
13 25 (1.24%) DBS Check
14 21 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 18 (0.90%) HND
16 17 (0.85%) MCSE
17 16 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
18 12 (0.60%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (2.34%) GDPR
2 43 (2.14%) PCI DSS
3 40 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (1.39%) QA
5 26 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (0.75%) Accessibility
7 14 (0.70%) ISO 9001
7 14 (0.70%) PMO
8 6 (0.30%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.25%) NIST
10 2 (0.100%) COBIT
10 2 (0.100%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.100%) GRC
10 2 (0.100%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.050%) COSHH
11 1 (0.050%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.050%) FISMA
11 1 (0.050%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.050%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.050%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 487 (24.24%) Active Directory
2 131 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 78 (3.88%) Hyper-V
4 45 (2.24%) Oracle RAC
5 38 (1.89%) KVM
6 27 (1.34%) Firmware
7 24 (1.19%) vSphere
8 19 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
9 14 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (0.70%) XenApp
10 9 (0.45%) OpenSSH
11 8 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
12 6 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.20%) Docker
13 4 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
13 4 (0.20%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.050%) NFS
14 1 (0.050%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.050%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 107 (5.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 76 (3.78%) SCCM
3 46 (2.29%) Oracle RMAN
4 45 (2.24%) Data Guard
5 31 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
6 29 (1.44%) OpenSSO
7 26 (1.29%) Kubernetes
8 19 (0.95%) WSUS
9 17 (0.85%) vCenter Server
10 15 (0.75%) FortiGate
10 15 (0.75%) NetBackup
11 12 (0.60%) Backup Exec
12 11 (0.55%) SCOM
13 10 (0.50%) Terraform
14 9 (0.45%) IBM BigFix
14 9 (0.45%) PowerCLI
15 6 (0.30%) Control-M
15 6 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
15 6 (0.30%) Nessus
15 6 (0.30%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 831 (41.36%) Microsoft
2 207 (10.30%) VMware
3 185 (9.21%) Dell
4 177 (8.81%) ServiceNow
5 136 (6.77%) Oracle
6 124 (6.17%) Cisco
7 91 (4.53%) SAP
8 82 (4.08%) Citrix
8 82 (4.08%) Remedy
9 69 (3.43%) HP
10 57 (2.84%) Apple
11 56 (2.79%) Salesforce
12 55 (2.74%) Sun
13 48 (2.39%) IBM
14 41 (2.04%) Veeam
15 39 (1.94%) Meraki
16 34 (1.69%) Sophos
17 29 (1.44%) NetApp
18 25 (1.24%) SolarWinds
19 24 (1.19%) Google